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<strong>GSC</strong> <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 <strong>PDGS</strong> <strong>OCD</strong><br />

Issue 1 Revision 2 (draft) - 25.07.2010<br />

GMES-GSEG-EOPG-TN-09-0008<br />

page 64 of 350<br />

4 <strong>PDGS</strong> OPERATION BASELINE<br />

4.1 Assumptions<br />

High-level assumptions taken and having an impact on the settled <strong>PDGS</strong> operation baseline<br />

are enumerated hereafter.<br />

[Assumption-01] The <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2B satellite will be identical to <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2A satellite.<br />

[Assumption-02] Seven (7) years of active mission operations plus a possible 5 years<br />

extension are considered for each <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 satellite.<br />

[Assumption-03] <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2B will be launched 18-30 months after <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2A. 18 months is<br />

the planned value [TBC] at <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 GS PDR.<br />

[Assumption-04] 5.5 to 10.5 years of parallel <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2A and <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2B active mission<br />

operations (nominal or extended mission duration) plus 18 months<br />

<strong>Sentinel</strong>-2B active mission operations are envisaged.<br />

[Assumption-05] Twenty-Five (25) years of mission operations from archive are considered.<br />

[Assumption-06] The X/Ka-band ground stations network will be selected at a later stage. A<br />

minimum four X-band receiving <strong>PDGS</strong> Core Ground Stations baseline<br />

scenario is assumed in this document. This configuration is sufficient to<br />

downlink the <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 data as per baseline scenario such as the one<br />

defined in [RD-01]. The selection of more stations will substantially<br />

enhance the performance of the baseline scenario but is not strictly<br />

required for baseline operations.<br />

[Assumption-07] All data handled by the <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 <strong>PDGS</strong> is assumed to be<br />

UNCLASSIFIED (according to [RD-21]).<br />

[Assumption-08] <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 X-Band data will not be encrypted (according to the <strong>GSC</strong><br />

Security Work Group Meeting #4, held on 30.01.2008, GM-MN-<strong>ESA</strong>-SY-<br />

0015)<br />

[Assumption-09] It will be possible to use the EDRS Programme capacity to support both<br />

the <strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 payload data downlink (data relay function), as well as<br />

<strong>PDGS</strong> data circulation and dissemination activities (cf. [RD-47]).<br />

[Assumption-10] EDRS capabilities and services will be preliminarily validated as part of<br />

EDRS commissioning activities which will be carried out by the EDRS<br />

program in coordination with the <strong>Sentinel</strong> programs. Those activities will<br />

make use an EDRS provided validation framework on ground that will not<br />

require specific <strong>PDGS</strong> hardware or pre-deployed facilities apart from a<br />

front-end reception equipment to perform compatibility testing of the datarelay<br />

multicast link.<br />

[Assumption-11] The OCP will, when activated in alternative or in parallel to the XBS,<br />

transparently carries the dual 280Mbps downlink channels via the GEO<br />

transponders, in turn relaying in real-time the data stream in Ka-Band to<br />

GEO pointing ground-stations. Specific receiving equipment, still procured<br />

via the EDRS program, will provide the adequate Ka-Band demodulation<br />

<strong>ESA</strong> UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use<br />

© <strong>ESA</strong><br />

The copyright of this document is the property of <strong>ESA</strong>. It is supplied in confidence and shall not be reproduced, copied or<br />

communicated to any third party without written permission from <strong>ESA</strong>.

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